Beet-harvester.



E 1 LE COMPTE. BEET HARVBSTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 31, 1912. RENEWED AUG. 21, 1914.

1, 1 1 7,065, Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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BEET HARVESTER. v APPLICATION FILED DBC.31,1912. RENEWED AUG. 21, 1914.

1, 1 1 7,065, Patented Nov. 10, 1914 2 SHEETS$HEET 2.

UNI ED STATES rarnurr OFFICE."

. EDWARD PALMER LE comers, on PARK CITY I TTAH.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Not. 10, 191 1.

Application filed December 31, 1.9i2, Seriai No. 739,547. ReneiwedAugust 21,1914. Serial no. s57,94s.

To all whom it may concern Be it' known that I, EDWARD P. Ln Corinre, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Park-City, in the county of Summit and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beet- Harvesters, of which the following is a share which is adapted to pass under the.

specification. 0

" This invention has relation to beet harvesters'and has for itsobject to provide amachine of simple structure adapted to be drawn along a row of beets, the said machine having. a cutting apparatus adapted.

to remove the tops or foliage fromthe beets. The machine is further provided with a beets while they are still in the row. At

the back of the said share is a series of sifting bars arranged parallel with the line or draft of the machine and between which the soil is adapted to sift as thebeets arel'ifted and deposited uponan elevator. The elevator is located immediately behind the delivery ends of the said bars and is adapted to carry the beets up and deposit the same in a receptacle carried at the rear part of the machine. Means are provided for operating the cutting apparatus of the ,eleva-Q tor' from the supporting wheels of the machine. p

With these and other; ob ects in view, the

invention, consistsin certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described, and then particularly pointed out in the claim and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the. invention. p Figure 1 is a side elevation of the beet harvester. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the in unison with the wheels 2-. A front axle.

. 3 is supported upon the wheels 4 and is pivoted at a point .between these ends'to abolster 5. Coupling bars or pulls 6. connect the bolster 5 withthe rear axle 1. The intermediate portions of the coupling bars or pulls are outwardly bowed as illustrated in the drawing: A draft pole 7 is connected with the front'axle 3 and carries a double-tree 8 to which draft animals may] apparatus 9 is supportedbelow; and from the bolster5. Said apparatus is of the usual pattern. such as is generally employed bymowers or reapers and is operated by'meansl of a shaft 10 from the rear axle. 1. i A level.

mechanism 11 is mounted upon the bars 6 and 1S operati'vely connected with the outbe attached in the usual manner. A cutting ,65 ting apparatus 9 and may betemployed for raising -or lowering the said cutting apparatus and for-holding the same at an adjusted position with relation to the surface of the ground. Rearwardly extendingbars 12 are connected at their. front ends with the bolster 5 and the transverse bar 13 is connected with the rear ends of the bars 12 and in turn the ends of the'bar 13 are connected with the intermediate parts ofthe This arrangement materially strengthens and braces the forward 'inachine is subjected to the greatest strain while the machine is in operation and during the cutting of the tops of the beets and the plowing of the same. A lever'mechaliiSIIl-lt' is mounted upon the forward part.

of the frame of the'machine and is connected with standards 15 which in turn carry at their lower ends a digging share 16. The

standards 15 are providedat their lower ends with rearwardly disposed guides 17 which are adapted to enter the furrow opened by the share 16 and prevent the walls of the furrow from caving in while thes'hare ortion of the frame of the machine. a The orwardpart of the I .bowed. portions of the coupling bars 6.

is cutting the sameand immediately there afterx Inclined bars .18 are located at the rear edge of the share 16. These bars are spaced fromeach other and serve-as means for lifting the beets after theshare passes under. the same and .for permitting'the soil to sift through and deposit in the furrow during the lifting of the beets. By means of the lever mechanism 14 the standards and the parts connected thereto maybe raised any desired distance below the surface of the soil or may be positioned entirely above the soil if desired. An elevator 19 is located or lowered so that the share may operate at pattern and is operatively; connected with H the rear axle 1 in any usual manner. A re-- ceptacle 20 is carried by the rear axle l and the delivery end of the elevator 19 is arranged to discharge the heets into the said receptacle Any suitable means may be providecl for emptying the receptaclefilll at clesirecl times. Therefore it Will he seen that t asilnple and effective beet harvester is'pro- 1w he macle of comparatively light material.-

Having described the invention What is claimed is:

A heet harvester comprising a frame,hav-

ing side hairs provided With outwardly i hotvecl intermediate portions, a cross bar cennected at its encls With the intermediate portions of said outwardly howecl parts of the side hars', bars secured at their torwarcl ends and the'forwarcl part of the frame and at their rear ends to the cross bar, a cutting apparatus connected With a forward part of the frame and the digging apparatus connected; With the frame and located hetWeen the outwardly bowed portions of the side bars.

In testimony whereof I athx any signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD PALE 1BR CQMPTE /Vitnesses:

HENRY Shamans, CHAS. PRISM 

